GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Lakeman in tune with his roots to exhilarating effect
Into his own: Seth Lakeman performs live
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
WHATEVER Seth Lakeman’s merits as a recording artist, and there are many, it’s as a performer that he truly comes into his own.
He proved that again here with an exhilarating set featuring four songs from his new album The Well Worn Path but also by dipping generously — and with ardour — into his back catalogue.
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